Buckle



(Model.)

J., H. WOOD.

BUCKLE.

Patented App. 25, 188-2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. VOOD, OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,122 dated April 25, 1882.

Application filed March 6, 1882. (Modem .consists in the construction and arrangement of its several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,andpoint-ed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1. is a perspective. Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical sections, and Fig. 4 a side elevation.

A represents a rectangular piece of sheet metal, having lugs a a and a situated respectively on three of its corners, bent upwardly at right angles, as shown. In the opposite side of the plate from the lugs a a is a slot, at", by which the buckle is attached to the end of the strap.

B is the clasp. It has a clasp arm, b,journaled between the lugs a a, a straight portion, b, which extends along the side of the plate A, and a locking-arm, 6 which extends squarely across the plate, and is secured in the notch a of the lug a, as shown. The clasparm b is bent upon each side next the lugs a a, so that when the lockarm is fastened in the notch 0. it will project downwardly toward the plate A.

In the operation of the buckle, 0 represents the strap. The lock-arm is turned upwardly, the strap passed under the clasp-arm between the lugs a a, and the lock-arm turned down and hooked in the notch (L The strap will then be firmly pressed upon and held in place by the clasp-arm.

WhatI claim is 1. A buckle consisting of a plate, A, provided withlugs a a, a lug, a, having a notch, (1 and a clasp, B, journaled between the lugs a a, extending along the side of the plate, bent, carried across it, and adapted to be booked in the notch a substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the plate A and its lugs a a and a with the clasp B, all arranged to operate substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereby aflix my signature in presence of witnesses.

' JOHN H. WOOD.

Witnesses:

R0121. W. HELM, W. V. SPADER, HUMPHRY A. BODINE. 

